In April Ukrainian metal companies received 290 thousand tons of scrap, up by 25 thousand tons MoM, or 95% of the need. In January-April metallurgists received 1 million tons of scrap, up by 15% YoY, and 82% of the need. Scrap stocks at metal companies in April increased by 20 thousand tons, to 115 thousand…

In April Ukrainian metal companies consumed 120 million cubic meters of gas, down by 20 million cubic meters MoM. Average daily gas consumption dropped by 0.5 million cubic meters MoM, to 4 million cubic meters. In January-April metal industry consumed 630 million cubic meters of gas, up by 6% YoY. Average daily consumption was 5.2…

In January-April Ukraine exported 4.9 million tons of rolled metal, down by 22% YoY, valued at $2.1 billion, up by $400 million. The export share in the total rolled metal manufactured was 82% against 86% in January-April 2016. Semi-finished metal reached 40% in the total exports (2 million tons) against 46% (2.9 million tons). At…

Kazakhstan has imposed a 6-months prohibition on ferrous scrap and waste exports. The corresponding Ministry of investments and development decree comes into effect 10 days after its official printing, or from May 27. The goal of this action is to support the local metal industry. On August 1, 2016 Kazakhstan already imposed a 6-months prohibition…

Index provider MSCI added NLMK, an international steel company with facilities in Russia, the USA, and the EU, to the MSCI Emerging Markets and MSCI Russia indices. The announcement was made based on the results of MSCI’s Semi Annual Index Review. The changes will be implemented as of the close of May 31. NLMK’s shares,…

China-based Sany Heavy Industry has shown interest in the modernization of Ukrainian state-owned coalmines with the high degree of machinery and equipment wear and tear, according to the Ukrainian Energy and Coal Industry Ministry’s website. “Chinese companies have shown interest in upgrading Ukrainian coal enterprises. During a visit to China, representatives of Ukraine’s Energy and…

There is no more salary debt to miners of Lviv region. The April salary is being paid out. “This is provided for by the collective agreement on the level of the Ministry of energy and coal industry documents. With the help of the state support the miners get their wages, while the administrative staff –…

In March the cost price of coal at the state mines increased by 10.6% MoM, or by 265.26 UAH per ton, to 2775.57 UAH per ton, according to the Ministry of energy and coal industry. At present the cost price of coal at the state mines is 68%, or 1123.38 UAH per ton, more than…

The global 2017 palladium supply will shrink by 2%, to 6.631 million ounces or 206 tons, and Russian sales will decline by 3%, to 2.684 million ounces or 83 tons, meaning that deficit will widen to 24.4 tons, Johnson Matthey, the world’s largest refiner of platinum and palladium, said in a research note on May…

In January-March Ukraine supplied 364 thousand tons of steel products to Russia, up 1.5-fold YoY. According to the Federal Customs Service, the value of the deliveries is $220 million, up 2.3-fold YoY. The main part of the import (48.5%) was the flat-rolled steel, up by 19.6% YoY, while value increased 2.4-fold. Some 40% of imports…

Kazakhmys Corporation intends to construct a hydrometallurgical works valued at $350 million. “Its copper concentrate output will be 649.2 thousand tons per year. The construction is planned for 2018-2021”, a company representative explained. “Actually we plan to construct two works. The first one will be trial with 32.16 thousand tons of concentrate per year”. (Ukrainian…

Kolmar has signed an agreement to supply 240 thousand tons of coking coal to Baowu Steel. The coal will be supplied from Ingalinskaya-1 processing factory. According to Kolmar Sales and Logistics board of directors chairwoman Anna Tsivileva, under the contract the coal will be supplied from April 2017 till March 2018. Earlier Baowu received several…

Uraldomnoremont-Yekaterinburg LLC has laid claims to Chelyabinsk Iron and Steel Works. The amount of claims is 34.2 million rubles. The corresponding suit has been submitted to the court. Uraldomnoremont-Yekaterinburg produces machinery and equipment for metal industry. This is not the first time that the company claimed multi-million sums from ChMK. At present the court is…

This year Bratsk Aluminum Works will spend around 1.2 billion rubles on the environment program. According to the company managing director Evgeniy Zenkin, some 1 billion rubles will be spent on air pollution decrease – the company will continue modernizing gas-purifying machinery. “An important part of the program is the procurement, processing and secondary usage…

The demands of the striking miners from Evraz Sukhaya Balka have not changed. They demand the increase of wages by 30% from May 1, with the following increase by the end of the year to the equivalent of 1 thousand euros, the Independent Miners Union chairman Mikhail Volynets reported. But the administration is unmoved –…

Energomashspetsstal has shipped a batch of rolls to Mariupol Ilyich Iron and Steel Works. According to the company statement, the totals weight of the rolls is 121.82 tons, they will be used in hot-rolling strip mills. The corresponding contract was concluded in January. By the end of the year EMSS will have supplied 371.78 tons…

On May 15 the government of India imposed final antidumping duties for 5 years on some types of cold-rolled metal originating from Ukraine, South Korea, China and Japan. The duty is the difference between the customs cost of the cold-rolled steel and $576 per ton. The investigation was started on the request of Steel Authority…

The United Mining and Chemical Company will spend 50% of its 2016 net profits to pay dividends, having sent 338.849 million UAH to the state budget. The decree on the dividends payment was approved by the Ministry of economical development and trade on April 28, and UMCC received it on May 13. The dividends have…

The stocks of anthracite at thermal power plants increased by 10.9%, to 464 thousand tons, from May 10 through May 15. According to the Ministry of energy and coal industry, Centerenergo increased stocks of the Zmiev TPP from 49.3 thousand tons to 74.4 thousand tons. Tekhnova LLC increased anthracite stocks at Darnitsa and Cherkassy TPPs…